Daytime Emmy Awards 2009 Winners

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the winners of the 36th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards televised live on The CW Television Network from the historic Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. The show was a unique partnership between Associated Television International (ATI), NATAS and MGM Worldwide Television, which is handling distribution of the telecast.

The show was hosted by TV and music star Vanessa Williams and included several musical numbers, a special tribute to “Guiding Light” for its many years of daytime drama programming and the presentation of the “Lifetime Achievement Emmy® Award to “Sesame Street.” The award proclaimed: “On the occasion of Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences proudly honors the acclaimed series as a pioneer of the contemporary standard, and presents this Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of its place as the most highly regarded and most watched educational television show for children around the world.”

Vanessa Williams kicked things off with a dance with actor Gilles Marini, ABC’s Dancing With The Stars front runner last season. Rachael Ray and The Tyra Banks Show won the talk show categories at the Daytime Emmy Awards for the second consecutive year.

2009 Daytime Emmy Award Winners

Outstanding Drama Series: * The Bold and The Beautiful (CBS)
All My Chidren (ABC)
Days of Our Lives (NBC)

Lead Actress in a Drama Series: * Susan Haskell (Marty Saybrooke, One Life To Live, ABC)
Debbie Morgan (Angie Hubbard, All My Children, ABC)
Maura West (Carly Tenney, As the World Turns, CBS)
Susan Flannery (Stephanie Forrester, The Bold and The Beautiful, CBS)
Jeanne Cooper (Katherine Chancelor, The Young and The Restless, CBS)